Song Of The Withered Orange- Tree Comments

This is a fascinating poem. I read it twice before realizing you had done a translation and before I realized it was personified orange tree speaking. I must admit that I was excited when I first thought you had written it because it is such a unique and intriguing viewpoint provided by the speaker. I love how well rounded, well read, and multi-lingual you are. How awesome that you are doing all these translations. I can only imagine it makes your own writing better and I'm always amazed by the skill and creativity of the translator that dares to translate poetry. I am marking this poem as a favorite so I can return to it and think about it. I love that I just read it after reading a poem that Daniel Brick wrote about shadows...so now I have a theme for the day. Cut my shadow and release me from seeing myself barren...so...he wants to see himself but not barren or not see himself at all...or he feels barren? My feeling is that the speaker desires to be one with everything, one with the trees, the leaves, the ants...and when he sees his shadows or his image in a mirror, he realizes he is a separate part, immovable, unlike the ants and hawks. This is a WOW AMAZING poem that I will ponder on some more. Love it. Thanks for your hard work!